Tazewell County, Virginia Ancestors: Tax Lists

Tax lists and other substitutes for census records

See: Carroll, Cornelius. The beginner’s guide to using tax lists.

Years	Publications
1679-1790	Ratcliff, Clarence E. North Carolina taxpayers, 1679-1790.
1770-1773	Kegley, Mary B. New River tithables, 1770-1773
1770-1777	Burton, Charles T. Botetourt County, Virginia: its men, 1770-1777.
1772, 1785	Stoner, Robert Douthat. A seed-bed of the republic: a study of the pioneers in the upper (southern) Valley of Virginia. Found in the appendix.
1782	Kegley, Mary B. Tax list of Montgomery County, Virginia, 1782. Alphabetical list. Schreiner-Yantis, Netti. Tax list of Montgomery County, Virginia, 1782. Listed in order taken by tax collector. Available at Tazewell County Historical Society.
1782-1785	Heads of families at the first census of the United States, taken in the year 1790: records of the state enumerations 1782-1785, Virginia.
1782-1787	Fothergill, Augusta B. Virginia tax payers, 1782-1787.
1787	Schreiner-Yantis, Netti. The 1787 census of Virginia. Organized by county and by district, this is very useful for locating the area where a person lived at that time.
1787-1810	Albert, Anne Roberts and Ethel Evans Albert. Russell County, Virginia personal property and land tax list 1787 through 1800, 1802, 1810 and legislative petitions.
1788	Schreiner-Yantis, Netti. Montgomery County, Virginia: tax lists a, b & c for the year 1788.
1789	Schreiner-Yantis, Netti. 1789 tax list of Montgomery County, Virginia (list b).
1790	Schreiner-Yantis, Netti. Montgomery County, Virginia circa 1790: a comprehensive study, including the 1789 tax lists, abstracts of over 800 land surveys and data concerning migration.
1800	Schreiner-Yantis, Netti. 1800 tax lists & abstracts of deeds [1796-1800] of Wythe County, Virginia.
1801-1820	Schreiner-Yantis, Netti. Archives of the pioneers of Tazewell County, Virginia. Tax lists of 1801, 1802, 1803, 1806, 1814, 1820 Annotated enumeration of every taxpayer 1801-1820
1810	Schreiner-Yantis, Netti. A supplement to the 1810 census of Virginia: tax lists for which the census is missing.
1815	Kegley, Mary B. Southwest Virginia tax assessments, 1815. Kegley, Mary B. Supplement to southwest Virginia tax assessments, 1815.
1801-	Land tax books, Tazewell County. Includes non-resident property owners. Tazewell Circuit Court. 1801-present (Paper) Library of Virginia. 1801-1900 (Microfilm) 1901-present (Paper) Personal property tax books, Tazewell County. Library of Virginia. 1801-1850 (Microfilm) 1851-present (Paper)